Explore the power of paddles for muscular conditioning in the pool. This water-specific training tool allows a wide range of options to challenge all ages and abilities, and simple techniques provide for progressive overload to allow each participant to achieve his/her fitness goals. read more

A beginning participant in a deep-water class has a lot on her mind! She has to learn how to balance her center of gravity (located in the pelvic girdle) with her center of buoyancy (located in the chest where the lungs are). If she has difficulty with this, her body alignment will be poor. read more

Typically, when we think of strength training in water, we think of working in shallow water. For example, stabilizing in a squat or lunge position while isolating the upper body, using the water’s resistance alone or adding equipment. The strategies for resistance training in deep water, however, are different because the body is immersed to the neck and suspended off the pool bottom. read more